Teeter-board and stand therefor



No. 624,832. Patentd'May 9, I899.

B. a. LOWREY.

v TEETEB BOARD AND STAND THEBEFDR;

(Application filed Kay 5, 1898.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BILL G. LOWREY, OF BLUE MOUNTAIN, MISSISSIPPI.

TEETER-BOARD ND STAND THEREFOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 624,832, dated May 9,1899.

- Application filed May 5, 1898. Serial No. 679,843. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

, Be it known that I, BILL G. LOWREY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Blue Mountain, in the county ofTippah and State ofMississippi, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inTeeter-Boards and Stands Therefor; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a fulhclear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

My invention relates to improvements in I devices for the amusement ofchildren; and

it consists of an improved form of teeterboard and stand for thesame,the construction and arrangement of which will be hereinafter fullydescribed and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which the same parts aredesignated by the same letters of reference throughout the severalviews, Figure 1 represents a side view of my device in position for use.Fig.2 is an in verted plan view of the teeter-board. Fig. 3 representsan elevation of the stand or trestle for the same looking from theright-hand side as seen in Fig. 1, and Fig. dis a vertical sectionalView taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3.

A designates the beam of the trestle, which is beveled along the upperedges, as at a, and may be rounded at the top, as at a. l The said beamis out out at the top near the middle, as at A, leaving the shoulders aand at each end of the said cut-out portion is formed a shoulder A forthe teeter-board to rest upon, and the said. shoulders A are plated with.metallic plates a to strengthen and reduce the wear upon the same.

The beam A is supported upon the legs B, which are mortised into thesides of the said beam ne ,1 the ends thereof, as shown by the dottedlines a in Fig. 4:, and are held in place by the bolts and nuts 0,passing through the said beam and legs.

The legs B are each formed in two sections B and 13*, one of whichsections, as B is provided with clips I) at one end, which ex tend overthe edges of the other section and are arranged to slide thereon, andthe other section B is provided with a bolt 1), which extends through aslot 11 in the first-mentioned section B and the said bolt is providedwith a thumb-nut b by means of which the two'sections may be clampedtogether at any desired adjustment. Thus it will be seen I that byloosening'the thumb-nut b the two sections may be moved one upontheother to lengthen or shorten the legs and so vary the height of thebeam A. f

The upper sections of the legs B are provided with slots 12 throughwhich the bolts 0 are arranged to pass, and by loosening the nuts andthe bolts 0 the legs may be drawn downwardly until their ends are out ofthe mortises a, and the said legs may then be turned upon the bolts 0and laid parallel with and against the sides of the beam A, thus foldingthe device into a very small space for stor ing or transportation.

The teeter-board is formed in two sections D and D and these sectionsare provided at their meeting ends with clips (1' and 01 which extendover the edges of the other sections and allow the two sections of theteeter-board to slide one upon the other, as will be readily understood.

One of the sections of the teeter-board, as D, is provided with one ormore holes d or with a stop to receive the bolt (1 which is arranged toextend through a slot d (shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2) in the othersection D and the'said bolt is provided with a nut (1 by means of whichthe two sectionsmay be clamped together-at any desired adj ustme'nt;From the foregoing it will be seen that the teeter-board may belengthened or shortened at will and clamped firmly at the desiredlength.

The teeter-board is' provided with one or more seatsE at eachend-thereof, and the board is reduced in width, as at 61?, just in frontof the said seats, these reduced portions serving the double purpose ofenabling a small child to straddle the board without inas abovedescribed, or the nut 61 may be loosened and the two sections slidtogether and clamped in the shortest position.

The teeter-board is provided along its edges on the under side with aseries of small indentations'or sockets d to rest upon the shoulders Aof the beam A of the trestle and prevent the board from slipping uponthe said tiou; of a teeter-board composed of two sec-i beam. Byprovidinga number of these sockets dthe fulcrum of the board may bechanged at will, as will be readily understood. The sockets d arepreferably plated with metal, as at e, to reduce the wear on the same.

The method of operating the device will be clearly understood from theforegoing, and the advantages thereof will be apparent to those skilledin the art to which it appertains.

Having thus described my inventiomwhat Iclaim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States, is

1. In a device of the character described; the combination with a beamhaving supports; and having a portion of its upper surface'cuti away ata'uniform depth, and curved bear-i ing-plates secured within saidcut-away por-l tions overlapping at one end and adj ustablejlongitudinally with respect to each other,

clips upon the overlapping end of one section justments, concavebearing-plates secured,

curved bearing-platessecured within said cut away portion upon the upperside of said beam, the upper surface of said bearing-plates being belowthe upper surface of said beam upon the sides of said-cut-away portion;of a teeter-board composed of two sections overlapping at one end andadjustable longitudinally with respect to each other, clips upon theoverlapping end of one section engaging the other section, and anadjustable bolt work ing in parallel slots in said sections for clampingthe said sections together at different adjustments, concavebearing-plates secured upon the under side of one of said sections ofthe teeter-board, the said concave bearingplates being adapted to fitupon andmove over the convex bearing-plates upon said beam substantiallyas described. In testimony whereof I aff x my signature in presence oftwo witnesses.

BILL G. LOWREY. Witnesses:

W. ANDREW GILLENTINE, T. C. LOWREY.

